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Your views may differ. But I would take the statement "not developed by Google" as "not born at Google." I would compare that to SQL Server which wasn't born at
by jaywalker 16y ago
Your views may differ. But I would take the statement "not developed by Google" as "not born at Google." I would compare that to SQL Server which wasn't born at Microsoft amongst a lot of other things.
Also, the fact that Android is not Linux means that you can't take a Linux app and port it to Android...it won't work...amongst other things there is no glibc; there is no windowing system; etc.
- rlmw 16y agoThis discussion is somewhat turning into pedantry, but if it depends purely on linux then you can probably run it as a native app. The problem is that you're missing a lot of the system dependencies that are extensively used on Desktop linux. Many linux deployments are servers, and they won't run a windowing system - that doesn't make them any less of a 'linux' distro. Programs like Apache for example are a fundamental part of the ecosystem and aren't dependent on X.
- lukeschlather 16y agoWhen we talk about Linux, we're usually talking about GNU/Linux. Android/Linux is a very different beast, and it's not pedantry to draw a distinction between them. The capabilities of GNU/Linux are closer to BSD than Android/Linux.
- nuclear_eclipse 16y agoExcept they're really not different. Just because Android runs a distinct userspace and windowing system doesn't make its Linux kernel any less Linux. You can easily install a Busybox userspace on a rooted Android device, and on top of that you can start building an entire GNU/Linux userspace, complete with package managers and X server. Install a VNC viewer in Android, and you can even connect to your local X server and have a fullscreen X session.
- lukeschlather 16y agoBy that logic BSD is also exactly the same thing as Linux.
- jaywalker 16y agoEven Mac is like a PC, then!
- elblanco 16y agoMaybe what you mean is that there's no GNU in their Linux?